Salmon farmer Scottish Sea Farms (SSF) has revealed that it is to spend more than £3 million with suppliers throughout Scotland as it prepares to open its forthcoming new salmon farm off Lober Rock in the Scapa Flow, Orkney.

Aquaculture net supplier and servicer W&J Knox has taken delivery a much bigger net washer as it aims to “future-proof” its equipment in an era of ever-larger salmon cages.